Paris Fashion Week: Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris

Paris fashion has no boundaries and no borders. Manish Arora traveled to northwestern India's Rajasthan to bring a vibrant infusion of traditional Indian dress and lavish regal jewellery. Balmain travelled to the artisanal wicker-weavers of Cuba to give the collection a unique panache with hints of in-vogue black. Barbara Bui joined the expedition with geometric American Indian prints and tribal-looking dresses and foulards. Nina Ricci, forever a romantic Parisian gamine, travelled decades back in time to produce a nostalgic show with a modern twist.

Design by French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris. Photo / AP

Image 1 of 25: Design by French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain's spring-summer 2013 ready to wear collection in Paris. Photo / AP

Army exercises under Mt Ruapehu
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Army exercises under Mt Ruapehu

The New Zealand Army has been busy holding exercises at the Waiouru training area. This included 12 days of Exercise Vengeance involving Victor Company from the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Exercise Brimstone held by The School of Artillery. Photos by Mike Scott / NZ Herald

ANZAC Day service in Auckland
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ANZAC Day service in Auckland

Auckland War Memorial dawn service, Hobsonville civil service and the Devonport parade. How Aucklanders remembered the ANZACS. Photos / Hayden Woodward, Dean Purcell and Alex Burton

Sydney mourns victims of Bondi Junction attack
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Sydney mourns victims of Bondi Junction attack

Seven people died at the hands of a knife-wielding attacker at the Westfield Mall in Bondi. The people of Sydney come to pay their respects the day after the tragedy unfolded. Photographs by Rick Roycroft for the Associate Press

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